Xplosion ordered to pay out over 'click-jacking'
An Isle of Man-based company has been fined more than £1 million by a UK telecoms regulator for a telephone scam.
Using a tactic known as 'click-jacking', Xplosion tricked customers into signing up to weekly charges of £4.50 for quizzes, competitions and videos.
People unwittingly subscribed by clicking links on hard-to-spot pop-up adverts on websites including quiz site QUIZM8 and pornographic websites such as Xvidland.
The Phone-paid Services Authority, which regulates premium-rate numbers, received 252 complaints about the scam.
In addition to the fine, Xplosion has been banned from operating phone-paid services for five years, and must pay out more than £150,000 in refunds.
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